Author Archives: kth

Vermillion Thoughts

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I designed this card for a recent InkUp stamp camp. My requirements were Young Vermillion and watercoloring. I tried to keep the card simple because of the watercoloring and frame cut-out.

To do the frame, I first embossed the frame on Baja card stock. Then I trimmed around it. Finally I snipped a small slit into the center and used it to cut out the inside. I did this, instead of just layering the cream onto the frame, because I wanted the dimension and true fame-like feel. The Baja frame is popped-up over the cream pennant.

The card base is stamped with the Woodgrain background and lightly spritzed with Smooch.

The bird is watercolored (just a brush, a little water, and reinkers) using Red Riding Hood and Espresso.

Thanks for taking a peek!

thinking of you
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Young Vermillion, Woodgrain background, Teeny Tiny Wishes;
Colors: Soft Suede, Naturals Ivory, Baja Breeze, Red Riding Hood, Espresso;
Other: Hemp twine, Designer Frames embossing folder, Log Cabin Smooch Spritz;

Birthday Greenery

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My third Masculine Motifs post today. All three cards have fussy-cut images – I do hope PTI comes out with dies for this awesome stamp set!

This is probably my favorite of the three. I was very much inspired by Dawn’s card.

This card is headed to a dear friend, who really could care less that the card is handmade. That means I was not about to put 3 wood buttons on it! Instead I decided to make the buttons. This was SO simple and the fact that they are much thinner means I may be doing this much more in the future! I used a wood laminate (from StampinUp) and die cut it with a Button die. The laminate is more golden, so I rubbed some dark brown ink on the buttons to get the tone I wanted (I can see pink and green buttons in my future!!).

The handmade buttons are being entered in the Moxie Fab challenge – DIY Handmade Items challenge 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Labels Basics;
Colors: New Leaf, Spring Moss, Early Espresso;
Other: Woodgrain Impression plate, Rustic jute, Button die, Label die; wood laminate (SU);

Rockin’ the Boat

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Another of my Masculine Motif cards.

This little boat rocks – literally 🙂 I used the Tilt Card tutorial on SplitCoast so the boat would move!

I was going to have a sentiment on this card – and even though I thought about the fact I needed to do it before I embossed – I still forgot! Oh well.

Thanks for taking a peek!

{no sentiment}
All supplies Papertey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Vintage Labels;
Colors: Aqua, White, Ocean Tides, Kraft;
Other: Kraft ribbon; Stripes embossing folder (SU);
Technique: Tilt card;

Birthday Koi

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In the first week of April there are three male birthdays in my family! Thankfully none of them read my blog so I can post 🙂

I recently purchased Masculine Motifs (PTI) from a forum friend so I decided to break it in by creating all three cards with the set.

For this card I was very inspired Emily Leiphart’s card. I really loved the Retro background with the fish!

I really wanted the cool bubble lines to continue across the card, and I thought about the split negative technique. The stamping isn’t perfectly aligned but hopefully not so off as to be distracting.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Background Basics: Retro;
Colors: Enchanted Evening, White, Orange Zest (am I the only one that wants to call this Orange Crush???), Summer Sunrise;
Other: white embossing powder;
Technique: Rock-n-Roll, Split-Negative (sorta);

Rock Star Kind of Day

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My random file picker came up with this old Bella image. I decided to use a Retro Sketch (rs4) for the layout.

I used Copics to color the image.

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It’s Your Day
Stamps: Rockabella (StampingBella); Star Prints (PTI);
Colors: Razzberry Fizz, White, Hawaiian Shores, Black (PTI);
Other: markers (Copics); Star die (PTI); Star pattern paper (PTI); ribbon (stash);

Sassy Celebration

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I used my random program to chose this stamp set. When I was playing around trying to decide what to do with it, I decided the current CASE Study challenge (83) would work well.

I started by picking pattern paper I wanted to use. I decided to use the pale pink for the focal panel as a change from how I normally do stuff! I used Copics to color the image and went back with a little glitter pen on the flower head.

Since the sentiment on the challenge piece was all flow-y and scripty I chose to use the Curvy Verses set.

The card felt pretty bland, so I added the scallop strip and yellow bling.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Reason to Celebrate
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Sassy Stems, Curvy Verses;
Colors: White, Pink Pirouette; Black (Palette);
Other: Spring Fling DSP, Eyelet Scallop Border punch; Rhinestones (K&Co); markers (Copic);

Butterfly Spritz

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I was very inspired by a recent ColourQ challenge (cqc129). I didn’t use quite the same colors, but I would never have come up with this on my own!

The main panel is a shimmer paper with ink/water spritzed on it. The Autumn Rose (pink) is done with a mini spritzer, but the Plum Pudding is done with a toothbrush because I wanted larger dots.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Butterfly Kisses, Little Labels;
Colors: Autumn Rose, Plum Pudding, Hawaiian Shores, White;
Other: Autumn Rose ribbon, Little Labels die, Butterfly Kisses die; Shimmer paper (SU); White embossing powder, Versamark, mini spritzer, toothbrush;

Sunshine and Blue Birds

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It is the 25th of the month and that means PTI Blog Hop! This month is an inspiration challenge. The photo is full of fun patterns in sunshine yellow with touches of aqua.

I really wanted the card to be upbeat and happy since that was how I felt looking at the inspiration.

I kept most of the card yellow (yay for Harvest Gold ink!) in lots of patterns. The ribbon had to be aqua (is there anything prettier than aqua satin ribbon?).

I futzed with the bird positions – I didn’t want them to be at the same height, so I tilted one a bit. I just felt it gave the card a bit of interest for them not to be “mirrored”.

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Sunshine & Blue Skies
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bird Watching Additions, Background Basics: Retro, Fillable Frames 7, Signature Series: Flower;
Colors: Lemon Tart, White, Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides;
Other: Aqua ribbon, Fillable Frames 7 die, Sunshine impression plate;

Rainbow Branches

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I needed to update my blog theme (the one I was using was very old and out-dated…causing issues). I hope this works well for everyone. If any one has issues, I would like to know!

I created this card for a friend who likes rainbows. I used a retired StampinUp set, but the general layout could be used with any image.

Happy Thoughts
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Apple Blossoms;
Colors: White (PTI); Black, Real Red, Pumpkin, Daffodil, Pear, Turquoise, Pacific, Plum;

Birthday Remembrances

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I created this one-layer card for mom’s birthday stamp-a-stack camp. All this takes is a little masking.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Remember When
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Word Play;
Colors: Vanilla, Espresso, Pear, Rose Red;
Other: ~nothing~